Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-05
LIKE A SUMMER DAY.
The Weather Putting on Spring
Airs-Mercury on a Boom.

Airs-Mercury on q Boom.
Yesterday was quite summary. The
morning was balmy and spring like, and
sent the mercury up III its little tube.
BY the middle of the afternoon it reached
IS. The lowest during the day was DO
dogs. Early in the night the wind got
up, and at one time was bowling along at
the rate of 32 miles an hour. The SKY be-
gan to look squally, and to the mex
perienced eye the signs Detokened
storm. The weather men said that there
was not much danger. True the wind
was from the northeast, but the barome-
ter was about normal. A rain with
high barometer is not unknown here
along the coast, although such thing
would be considered remarkable in the
interior, where rain and falling barom-
eter 90 together.
The special bulletin issued by the war
Department giving a summary for Feb
ruary's weather says that the month
was remarkable forthe low temperatures
in the extreme Northwest, the high tenn
peratures in the Gulf States and Ohio
Valley, the abundant rains in nearly all
districts and the frequency OF severe
thunder storms and tornadoes.
In Montana, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota
dogs. TO Is degs. below the normal tenn
perature for the month. The greatest de-
partures were at Helena, 10 dogs, and
Fort Custer, Il degs. below. The temper
allure was also below the normal in Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan,
Wisconsin and California; at San Diego
the temperature was 8 dogs. below the
normal. The temperature was above the
normal from 3 dogs. to s dogs. in the Mid
die, South Atlantic and Gulf States, and
in the Ohio valley; the greatest excess
being in the Gulf States.
The rainfall, including snow, was be-
low the normal in Georgia, Minnesota,
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,
Florida and Texas.
The cold waves were not as severe nor
as frequent as the ones in January, and
did not extend as far south; their tenden-
cy was TO move almost due east from
Montana to Maine.
The winter months December, Janu-
airy and February were the coolest for
many years in most of the Northern
States, ana the warmest in nearly all the
Southern States. The greatest departures
from the average temperature were In
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska, Montana, Dakota and Wyo-
ming, where the range was from 6 degs.
to 10 dogs. below the normal. The tem-
perature has also been below the normal
from l deg. to dogs. in Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, New York,
North and South Carolina, Ohio,
and in the States of the Pa
citic slope. The temperature was slightly
above the average in the Gulf States.
For the season the rainfall (including
SNOWY was in excess of the average in the
New England and middle Atlantic States,
in the lake regions Except Wisconsin,,
and in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota,
Wyoming, southern Montana, Oregon,
Washington Territory, northern Ala
bama, and central Tennessee. The rain
fall was deficient in Florida, Mississippi,
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas,
louisiana, Indian Territory, Arizona and
California. The greatest excess was in
the Lake regions, and the greatest def
cheney in Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas,
and Indian Territory.